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  US: Axed IT workers sue Disney for giving their jobs to Indians

  World | December 15, 2016 14:08 IST

  A group of former Disney IT employees, who were replaced by Indian workers brought on H-1B visas, have now sued their ex-employer for alleged racial discrimination. The class action suit accuses Disney of laying off

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  Indian IT companies to pay Rs 2.6 lakh more for every H-1B visa

  World | May 27, 2016 13:39 IST

  Details published by a federal US agency say that flagship Indian IT companies would have to pay at least an additional $4,000 (Rs 2.60 lakh) for every H-1B visa application under the new regulations that came into effect last December.

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  H-1B Visa cap reached; majority of applications by Indian companies

  World | April 08, 2016 12:17 IST

  Washington: The US government is believed to have received about 250,000 petitions for H-1B visas -- the most sought after American work visas -- with a majority of them being from either Indian companies or

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  US to start accepting applications for H-1B work visas from April 1

  World | March 17, 2016 14:15 IST

  The US would start accepting applications for the much sought-after H-1B work visas for highly-skilled workers for the fiscal year 2017 from the beginning of next month, officials said.

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  I use H-1B visas, it should end, says Donald Trump

  World | March 11, 2016 16:18 IST

  Washington: Republican presidential front- runner Donald Trump today for the first time acknowledged that he uses the much sought after H-1B visas at his own businesses but sought to end the programme which he claimed

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  US to double H1B, L1 visa fee to upto USD4.5k for Indian firms

  World | December 17, 2015 8:19 IST

  Washington: The US Congress has imposed a special fee of up to USD 4,500 on the H-1B and L-1 visas popular among Indian IT companies to fund a 9/11 healthcare act and biometric tracking system.Congressional

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  $2,000 H-1B fee on Indian IT companies could return

  World | December 15, 2015 11:59 IST

  Washington: A special $2,000 fee could return on H-1B and L-1 visas for Indian IT companies to fund a 9/11 healthcare act in the US with a group of Congressmen quietly mounting fresh efforts to

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  250 laid off at Disney, replaced with Indian workers holding H1-B visas

  World | June 05, 2015 8:03 IST

  New York: Entertainment giant Walt Disney has laid off about 250 employees and replaced them with Indians holding H1-B visas, raising new questions on how outsourcing companies are using the temporary visas to bring immigrants

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  American IT industry calls for raising cap on H-1B visas

  World | May 27, 2015 9:40 IST

  Washington: More than 545,000 tech jobs remain vacant in the US which is having a deep impact on Silicon Valley-based firms, American IT industry has said while arguing in favour of raising the cap on

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  Infosys whistleblower: H-1B workers have minimal skills

  March 18, 2015 19:09 IST

  Washington: H-1B workers replacing Americans have minimal skills and little or no business knowledge, a whistleblower from Indian IT giant Infosys has said and asked lawmakers not to increase the number of much sought-after visas

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  Obama's immigration plan falls short of Indian techies' hopes

  World | November 22, 2014 12:07 IST

  Washington: As President Barack Obama camapaigned to sell his immigration plan to shield up to five million people from deportation and retain high-skilled immigrants, largely from India and China, analysts called it a mixed bag.Obama's

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  Two leading US business groups call for increase in H1B visas

  May 21, 2013 13:07 IST

  Washington, May 20: With an impending comprehensive immigration reform, two leading US business groups have called on lawmakers to support an increase in H-1B visas and providing green cards to entrepreneurs who create jobs so

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  US uses lottery to choose recipients of H-1B visas

  World | April 09, 2013 10:23 IST

  Washington, Apr 9: The US, which received about 124,000 applications for the 85,000 H-1B visas up for grabs this year, has used lottery to determine who all would be given the most sought after work